The Cultural Context: Doing Kingdom Work in a Time of Change - Lecture 1 April 2013

Bloom Where You Are Planted - February 2013
Several years ago I read an autobiography/biography of Lloyd C. Douglas, started by him and completed by his daughters. Douglas served as a minister of several Lutheran churches and then several Congregational churches during the first half of the 20th century. His fame came from his books, particularly Magnificent Obsession, his first novel that became an immediate sensation, and then The Robe, that sold more than two million copies. In the autobiography/biography titled The Shape of Sunday, Douglas confessed that as a minister he always had an “Elsewhere Complex.” In every church where he served as pastor, he always longed to be somewhere else. He always wanted to be somewhere else than where he was. (read more)

To Power Point or Not to Power Point: That is the Question - June 2008

Becoming Fit Instruments for God’s Service - October 2007

Mentors - January 2013
Leadership guru Ted Engstrom wrote in one of his books, “Most of what we learn happens at an informal, unconscious level. It follows that the way we ‘teach’ people is by letting them observe what needs to be done and how to do it as we go about our basic, everyday business of doing our job. A requirement of leadership is to train [educate] and a basic method of training is modeling.” He is talking about the process of mentoring. (read more)

Managing Change Part 2- July 2008